Whananaki bar surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Whananaki bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whananaki bar sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whananaki bar today?

The current surf forecast for Whananaki bar at 2AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

Table - waves today at Whananaki bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.2
NE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.8
NNE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
Period(s) (?)7711111012121212121212121212111111116111166
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2071471671671231101171551552632582062031581061009870685346372221
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
ESE
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:13PM
1.75
4:55AM
1.90
5:21PM
1.76
5:56AM
1.93
6:22PM
1.81
6:50AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:31PM
0.36
11:16AM
0.43
11:35PM
0.35
12:17PM
0.37
12:34AM
0.32
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------7:31-------7:31-------7:33-
Sunset-7:22-------7:22-------7:20------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------111---1-------
Temp. °C202019191918192021212121211920232321181917161718
Feels °C (?)202220202019202021232219191920222220171714121314
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